Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish established a new single-season record for rushing yards by a Canadian during Friday’s 30-27 win over the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwelath Stadium.

Cornish, who needed 50 yards to break Normie Kwong’s 56-year-old record of 1,437 yards coming into the contest, set the record with a 22-yard run at the end of the third quarter. He finished the night with 69 yards and the regular season with 1,457 yards.

Jon Cornish got his record, Drew Tate got his playing time, the Calgary Stampeders earned a dramatic win, and now, finally, it’s on to the business at hand — the Canadian Football League playoffs.

Rene Paredes’s 44-yard field goal on the game’s final play capped an entertaining 30-27 Stampeder win that was notable for plenty of reasons in front of a chilled crowd of 21,147 at Commonwealth Stadium.

Jon Cornish sets new benchmark as Stamps win with final-play field goal

If there is going to be another Battle of Alberta this season, it will have to be in the Grey Cup.

It would be an entertaining game, at least.

Rene Paredes kicked the winning field goal with no time on the clock while Jon Cornish picked up the Canadian rushing record as the Calgary Stampeders beat the Edmonton Eskimos 30-27 Friday night at Commonwealth Stadium.

Jon Cornish has the new record for rushing yards by a Canadian in the CFL, but not everyone is a fan of it.
On Friday, B.C. Lions GM Wally Buono, who is a close friend of Normie Kwong, told a Vancouver newspaper Cornish should have an asterisk beside his name.
Back when Kwong set the record in 1956, it was a 16-game CFL schedule, and Cornish has the benefit of 18 games.
Obviously, Cornish disagrees.

If you are trying to win a starting job, getting into a screaming match with your head coach isn’t the way to do it.

Calgary Stampeders quarterback Drew Tate had a decent first half in his first start since dislocating his shoulder in Week 2, but the most memorable moment was TSN cameras catching the pivot and Stamps GM/head coach John Hufnagel in a heated discussion on the chilly sideline.